RISK FACTORS

​•Sharing syringes to inject drugs, hormones or steroids

•Tattoos & body piercings

•HIV-positive

•Received blood transfusions before 1992

•Children born to individuals infected with Hepatitis C

•Sharing equipment such as pipes, straws, or cookers.

•Occupational needle stick

•Sharing personal care items such as razors, clippers or toothbrushes
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•Sexual transmission (not common, however, some sexual practices may involve blood)